Well… now the USGS has “deleted” the 3.2 Alabama earthquake near Gadsden this morning. I am not a geologist, but this sure seems odd. Here is the deletion notice… DELETED: Event US 2010vya8 == EVENT DELETED NOTIFICATION == ***This event has been deleted after review by a seismologist.*** Geographic coordinates: 34.177N, 86.001W Magnitude: 3.2 Universal [...]
Did you feel it? == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == Region: ALABAMA Geographic coordinates: 34.177N, 86.001W Magnitude: 3.2 M Depth: 5 km Universal Time (UTC): 6 May 2010 14:04:55 Time near the Epicenter: 6 May 2010 09:04:55 Local standard time in your area: 6 May 2010 14:04:55 Location with respect to nearby cities: 11 km (7 [...]
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in Northern Mexico within the past hour; it was felt widely in San Diego and Los Angeles. I was watching Leo Laporte’s “This Week In Tech” live stream when a panelist from Los Angeles reported the quake during the show. The quake hit at 5:40 p.m. CDT and was centered [...]
This was one felt across much of Arkansas… no damage reported… == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == ***This event supersedes event US2010rsck. Region: ARKANSAS Geographic coordinates: 36.017N, 91.303W Magnitude: 3.3 M Depth: 0 km Universal Time (UTC): 20 Jan 2010 21:18:46 Time near the Epicenter: 20 Jan 2010 15:18:46 Local standard time in your area: 20 [...]
This 1.8 quake was centered up in Lawrence County this morning… == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == Region: ALABAMA Geographic coordinates: 34.393N, 87.362W Magnitude: 1.8 Mcd Depth: 0 km Universal Time (UTC): 15 Jul 2009 06:23:15 Time near the Epicenter: 15 Jul 2009 01:23:15 Local standard time in your area: 15 Jul 2009 06:23:15 Location with [...]
A small earthquake this morning was centered up in Jackson County, near the northeast tip of Alabama: == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == Region: ALABAMA Geographic coordinates: 34.661N, 86.259W Magnitude: 2.2 Mcd Depth: 8 km Universal Time (UTC): 3 May 2009 05:23:42 Time near the Epicenter: 3 May 2009 00:23:42 Local standard time in your area: [...]
Thanks to Steve Jones for this image… he writes: “Hi James, thought you might be somewhat interested in the event trace (attached GIF image) which I recorded this morning on my home-built seismograph here in Huntsville, of today’s M3.8 event with epicenter in Centerville. Note that it took about 30 sec. for the fast-moving P [...]
From USGS… this happened last night around 12:30 a.m. Magnitude was 2.9, so not as strong as the one early yesterday morning. Did you feel it? == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == Region: ALABAMA Geographic coordinates: 32.811N, 87.103W Magnitude: 2.9 Mcd Depth: 9 km Universal Time (UTC): 22 Apr 2009 05:28:29 Time near the Epicenter: 22 [...]
Lots of shaking going on around here this morning… a 3.8 earthquake centered ib Bibb County at 5:25. Did you feel it? == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == Region: ALABAMA Geographic coordinates: 33.011N, 87.144W Magnitude: 3.8 M Depth: 5 km Universal Time (UTC): 21 Apr 2009 10:25:44 Time near the Epicenter: 21 Apr 2009 05:25:44 Local [...]
A small earthquake (2.2) occurred in St. Clair County at 6:27 p.m… anyone feel it? The info from the USGS is below… == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT == Region: ALABAMA Geographic coordinates: 33.744N, 86.243W Magnitude: 2.2 Mcd Depth: 15 km Universal Time (UTC): 17 Mar 2009 23:27:55 Time near the Epicenter: 17 Mar 2009 18:27:55 Local [...]